Summer Culture
Summer is festival season in the Region of Murcia. The following are some of this year’s highlights.
| CANTE DE LAS MINAS FLAMENCO FESTIVAL – 51st ANNIVERSARY
La Unión, August 3rd-13th
Every summer, the nearby mining town of La Union – just 10 minutes from La Manga Club – is home to one of the world’s most important and authentic flamenco festivals. Held in the town’s beautiful modernist style former public market building, the festival brings together some of the biggest names in flamenco with up-and-coming flamenco singers, dancers and musicians, competing for the coveted Miners’ Lamp. This year the festival celebrates its 51st anniversary and is sure to be one of the best yet. In June, La Manga Club will be the proud host of one of the heats.
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If you are a Flamenco fan, be sure to come to the Cante de las Minas Qualifying Round at Hotel La Manga Club Principe Felipe on 22nd July
| SAN JAVIER INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
San Javier, 25th June to 30th July
Biel Ballester Trio + Costel Nitescu, Albert Lee and Hogan’s Heroes, Sergio Monroy, Lee Ritenour Band, Leny Andrade & Sambop Band, Monty Alexander Trio, Ludovic Beier New Montmartre Quartet, Ramsey Lewis & His Electric Band “The Sun Goddess Tour”, Carla Cook & Albert Bover Trio, Wynton Marsalis & Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra "Músicas de las Décadas", Jaume Vilaseca Quartet & Ravi Chary, Elvin Bishop, Chicago, Rene Marie, Joe Louis Walker, Niels Lan Doky Trio, Lila Downs, John Scofield Quartet, Eric Burdon & The Animals, Hiromi: The Trio Project, Lucky Peterson, Pink Turtle and Chris Farlowe & The Norman Beaker Band will be amongst the stars of jazz and blues playing at the XIV San Javier Jazz Festival. These concerts will be taking place in the coastal town of San Javier, approximately 30 minutes from La Manga Club.
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| LA MAR DE MÚSICAS, XVII SPECIAL EDITION ITALY
Cartagena, 8th to 23rd July
This year’s Mar de Músicas World Music Festival features Italy as its invited guest, with its music, art, cinema and literature. Other highlights will include artists from Italy and around the globe such as Adriana Calcanhotto, Afro Celt Sound System, Almamegretta, Ana Moura, Antónia Font, Aurelio, Balkan Beat Box, Camarón. La leyenda del tiempo, Carmen Consoli, Cesare Dell´Anna, Cheikh Lô, Cuncordu e Tenore de Orosei, Cyndi Lauper, El Guincho, Enzo Avitabile & Bottari, Frederic Galliano & Kuduro Sound System, Gianmaria Testa, Gilberto Gil, Gino Paoli, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido, Julieta Venegas, La Noche de la Taranta, Las Migas , Lloyd Cole & his samall ensemble, Ludovico Einaudi Sextet, Maez, Mavis Staples, Natacha Atlas, Nidi D´Arac, Nina Zilli, Ojos de brujo + Artistas Invitados, Omara Portuondo y Chucho Valdés, Russian Red, Sophia Charaï, Tea for 3, The Creole Choir of Cuba, The Skatalitez, Third World, Yemen Blues...
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LO FERRO FLAMENCO SONG FESTIVAL
Torre Pacheco, August 22nd-28th
For more than 25 years, one of the most traditional and populist of all flamenco festivals has taken place in the small village of Lo Ferro in Torre Pacheco. It features a whole series of concerts, recitals and shows with flamenco as their common denominator. The programme attracts both new and well-known artists, as well as the contestants themselves.
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